EF1 tornado in Clay County, Texas

This tornado was observed by storm spotters and chasers including off-duty NWS meteorologists. Trees were snapped along FM-1883 west of the community of Deer Creek. Otherwise the specific path was estimated.

A severe weather outbreak impacted portions of western Oklahoma and western-north Texas during the afternoon into evening of the 25th. At upper levels, a high-amplitude trough passed across the Plains during the day, with a focused jet ejection across portions of the Texas Panhandle/Oklahoma. The combination of strong dynamics/kinematics, locally extreme instability (objective analysis depiction >6000 J/kg CAPE) and unseasonably rich low-level moisture was sufficient for significant supercell thunderstorms. An initial round of supercells developed across portions of western-north Texas and eventually spread into portions of southwestern and southern Oklahoma through the evening. All severe hazards, including multiple tornadoes, were observed with the most robust and longest-sustaining storms.